Cigar, stogy, &amp;c.



No. 869,361. PATENTED OCT. 29, 1907. A. H. GRAVES CIGAR, STOGY, 6w.

APPLIUATION FILED JAN. 9, 1905. RENEWED MAR. 2, 1907,

UNITED STATES PATENT (OFFICE.

ALBERT H. GRAVES, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

CIGAR, STOGY, 850.

Application filed January 9. 1905.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALBEnT H. (leaves, a citizen of the United States,residing in Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Cigars, Stogies, &c., ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in cigars and analogous rolls ofsmoking tobacco, and refers more specifically to an improvement designedto secure the even or uniform burning, of the article.

The salient object of the invention is to provide a cigar, stogy or thelike having circuniferential stria portions which are more combustiblethan the intervening main portions of the body of the article, so thatin case the article begins to burn more rapidly at one side thananother, the tire will, upon encountering one of these strize, followthe latter around the body and thus straighten the burning end portion.

Secondary objects of the invention are to provides simple, inexpensivetreatment for accomplishing the above described end: to provide animprovement which may be added to any cigar after it has been fullycompleted in so far as regular manufacture is concerned: to provide animprovemeiit which does not disligure or otherwise render the articleobjectionable, and in general to provide an improved article ofmanufacture of the character referred to.

It is a fact well recognized by smokers that many cigars, stogies andanalogous rolls, burn unevenly or more rapidly at one side than theother. and it; is con-ally well recognized that when this occurs theflavor of the smoke derived from the article is very greatly impairmland rendered objectionable. 'lh is uneven lnu'uing may be caused by anincomplete lighting of the end of the cigar initially, it may be causedby unevenness in burning quality of the article itself. it may be causedby the effect of exterior drafts as when smoking in the outer air, or itmay be caused by allowing the cigar to become partially extinguished andthcn drawing upon it while one side only is ignited. In any case theobjectionable effect remains. To overcome this defect I provide thecigar with one or more circiunfercntially extending strips or bandswhich will burn more certainly and preferably more quickly than the mainbody of the cigar so that when the tire encounters such strip or band itfollows the latter around the cigar and thus renews the ignition of theentire end of the cigar evenly or approximately evenly around the entirecircumference. Preferably I provide a plurality of these more rapidlyburning portions, spaced at intervals apart throughout the length of thearticle so that it will be repeatedly corrected, if it tends to burnone-sidedly. In the preferred embodiment of my invention I provide morerapidly burning stria portions by treating these portions with asolution of saltpeter. Preferably the Specification of Letters Patent.

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Serial No. 240.321. Renewed March 2 1907. Serial No. 360.227.

solution is so applied that it penetrates through the wrapper and intothe body of the cigar some distance below the surface. I have found thatthis may be best accomplished by providing a series of minute nccdlepricks or punctures arranged in lincs or bands around the cigar andinjecting the solution through these punctures or applying it to thcexterior and allowing it to soak in. llowcvcr. the invention may becarried out by simply applying tlic solution to the cxtcrior of theunpcrforalcd wrapper of the cigar and allowin it to dry thereon, but theresult is loss perfcct. Preferably also the solution of saltpcter iscolored, desirably by mixing therewith tobacco juice. so that thisspecial treatment of the cigar is concealed.

in the accompanying drawing l igure 11 illustrates a whole cigarembodying my invention, and Fig. 2 a partly burned cigar with the ashadhering and showing particularly the nnrnncr in which the burningportion follows the trcatcd portion.

in said tigurcsf l designates as a whole thcbody of the cigar. 2 ascrics of circumfcrcntial stria portions. and ii that portion of theburning part of thc cigar which is following thc trcatcd stria.

in its broader sense thc invention is not coutiucd to an embodimentwhcrciu thc articlc is treated with a but on thc contrary the invcntionmay be embodied in a varicty of different. forms.

chemical solution.

l claim as my invention:

1. is l now article of manufacture. a cigar. stogy or thc like havinltl'A' lll. and :ll :1 (listnncc from, its cnds no or lllul't ll'nll'jfts'c porlii us more combustiblc than its nniu bndy.

L. s a new ariiclc of manufacture. a cigar. h lik havingcircuml'crcntin] siria portions nnrc commslibe than its iuicrm 'linlcmain portions.

2). .\s a new nrticlc cl mamifaciurc. hc lllic having 1 plura ity ofcircuml'crcntinlly cxlcuding bands of malcrial morc rapid y burning ihanthc sing) or cigar. slogy or .l c like having circiui-l'crcolinllycxtcnding striu portions mprcauntcd wit substance rcmlcrina' such norcrapidly: combustible lmn thc unlrcnlcd portions.

3. .\s a article of manufacture. the like havin trnns'vcr c lric clmrgcdwith a salt rcn \lcring readily combustible than thc inlr-rnac' ti. ..'sa now nli clc of manufacture. :1 cigar. siogy or :hc like provided withcircumfcrcntially cxlcnding narrow onnds impre nat d wring agent.

7. :i new :n'lic'o f nmnul'nclnrc. thc l havingintegral strir o1 linclyn-rl'orntcd ('il cumt'crcnlinl band portions charged with a solutionportions cit:

port ions with a solution of sallpctcr and a col :1 cigar, stogy orlllldcring such portions. lllttl't rapidly burning.

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